7/33 We allowed that maybe this Pinto _caballo_ got cross-eyed from associatin' with old Hasenberg, who was strictly on the bias, any way you figured." "You ain't so bad, after all, Curly," said Dan Andersen, sitting up. You ought to be a reg'lar contributor." "Shut up!" said Curly. "Now Tom Redmond, he took to this here Pinto horse from havin' seen him jump the corral fence several times, and start floatin' off across the country for a eight or ten mile sasshay without no special encouragement. He hired three Castilian busters to operate on Pinto, and he got so he could be rode occasional, but every one allowed they never did see any horse just like him. He was the most aggravatinest thing we ever did have on this range. |